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With Yenbyen fellowship Nigerian girls are being primed to be prospective tech leaders

Nanji Nandang

October 24, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Plateau State

The Yenbyen Fellowship is a six-month program that provides free digital skills training to young women. The Fellowship’s goal is to support the next generation of female tech leaders by providing training in areas like coding, web development, software engineering, and digital marketing. In an area where women are scarce in the workplace, so far 19 students who participated in the fellowship have found jobs in the tech industry.

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Could farming bring solutions to homelessness across the country?

Jessie Cohen

October 24, 2022 |

KSHB-TV |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

The Green Phoenix Farm is a job training program for women who have experienced homelessness and offers them employment, mentorship, and advocacy. In 2021, the farm produced $110,000 worth of value off of .8 acres under cultivation, which is 17 times the economic output of an average vegetable farm in the United States.

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Here's how one metro district is working to combat school bus driver shortages

Jorge Estevez

October 14, 2022 |

WSB-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

Community members are volunteering to help combat school bus driver shortages by training and receiving their CDL to fill the positions and help out the local school district.

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Georgia's largest school district seeing success in recruiting, keeping bus drivers

Jorge Estevez

October 14, 2022 |

WSB-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Georgia

Gwinnett County Schools in Georgia is using active recruitment to keep an appropriate number of bus drivers on staff. Their team dedicated to transportation holds weekly job fairs, sends flyers home with students’ meals, and trains potential drivers on site.

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Code Plateau is enhancing digital skills of youths but brain drain poses a threat to sustainability

Johnstone Kpilaakaa

October 13, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Plateau State

Code Plateau is a fellowship designed to teach young adults digital skills like digital marketing, software engineering, and data science to help them secure good jobs and help the country into a leading digital economy. Since the fellowship began in 2019, it has trained over 1,000 people.

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Money for your education... that you don't pay back! (Solutionaries)

Jenna Zibton Jeff Perzan Patrick McKee Dylan Trail

October 12, 2022 |

Solutionaries |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Virginia

Virginia’s G3 grant program helps cover education costs for students in the most in-demand industries in the state.

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How one small fire district doubled its staff amid critical first responder shortage

Christina Giardinelli

October 10, 2022 |

KATU-TV |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

To combat severe first responder shortages, fire departments in Oregon received state funding for a paid apprentice program in which recruits receive a livable wage while training to make the career a more attractive option.

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What's Working (and who isn't)

Mike Holfeld Robert Breuer Angel Blazquez

October 05, 2022 |

Solutionaries |

Video |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Businesses and initiatives across the country are looking to support employees, employers, and unions together. One example is the Ironworkers Apprenticeship Program, a paid training program that is open to anyone regardless of their skills or previous experience. At the end of the four-year program, participants are completely certified for the ironworking trade at no cost. In fact, program participants are able to earn money while they learn and set themselves up for union jobs that provide good salaries and benefits, while filling the growing number of ironworking jobs.

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Indianapolis Students Get ‘Leg Up' On Careers With European-Style Apprenticeships

Patrick O’Donnell

September 26, 2022 |

The 74 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

Europen-inspired apprenticeship programs in Indianapolis, Indiana, pay students to work and train for jobs allowing them to gain career experience and pay part, or all, of their college tuition before graduation.

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Police hire more civilian investigators to shore up ranks

Salma Reyes Nathan Collins

September 20, 2022 |

News21 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

In an effort to combat staffing shortages, several police departments are hiring civilian investigators. Hiring civilian investigators helps ensure crimes get hands-on attention and, hopefully, are solved in a timely manner, while also helping to civilianize standard law enforcement operations.

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